Special Education

Overview

You’ll gain valuable skills to develop curriculum, design learning environments, and to build and maintain partnerships to better support students with the M.Ed. in Special Education at the American College of Education.

Key Features

• You’ll take a total of twelve courses. Seven courses (most students take one at a time) center around special education. In your coursework, you’ll explore ethical practices and standards in special education, building collaborative relationships, and assessment and evaluation in special education. You’ll also take one course in classroom management and one course in research. Each course is five weeks long.
• Your chosen focus of study comprises three courses to align with your goals. Choose from Differentiated Instruction, Early Childhood Education, or General Special Education. Alternatively, you can customize your own General Track by selecting the courses that interest you most.
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Early Childhood Education
  • General Special Education
  • General Track

• At the end of the program, you’ll complete a capstone course to demonstrate and document the impact of the knowledge you’ve gained throughout the program.

Accreditation

Higher Learning Commission